One of the greatest challenges faced by the people of the Fukushima Prefecture (and the people of Japan) in the aftermath of the Fukushima ‘triple disaster” does not involve the clean-up and rebuilding, or even the prevailing fear of radioactive contamination. Perhaps the greatest long-term challenge may be coping with the psychological impact of the […]

It is a mess. There is no other word for it. The clean-up of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power plant has been beset by problems, one after another, since the triple disaster of the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear melt-down that struck on March 11, 2011. Granted the Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), which maintains the […]

In February of 2014, an article published in the Turner Radio Network site (now defunct, but still available in the Internet Archive) made a stir, claiming that insurance companies were sending letters to policy holders about a new “Nuclear Energy Liability Exclusion” being added to their policies. A sample letter is quoted below: Dear Policyholder; […]

With all the conflicting news and opinion pieces being written about the disaster, its hard to know what is fact, what is fiction, and what lies somewhere in-between. This March 2014 article and news roundup by Janet Liebsch on the website of the USFRA (United States First Responder Association) attempts to do just that. In […]

Haven’t we seen the last of the Fukushima nuclear disaster? They are cleaning the place up now and the world is, of course, saved and safe, right? Unfortunately, it’s not quite that simple. Kevin Zeese, JD and Margaret Flowers, MD both agree that “The story of Fukushima should be on the front pages of every […]